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tmorash

@WinoGrrl‌ Trying desperately to maintain patience and sanity! I'm only 5dpo and I'm trying to wait until 10dpo before testing. Aaah!

Any suggestions for how to distract myself over the weekend?

WinoGrrl

@tmorash We've been house hunting lately so that has taken up all my obsession energy. I also recently re-organized a bunch of our kitchen which made me want to do the rest of the house (mostly in preparation of hopefully moving soon!). Good luck finding something to distract yourself!!

hunnyluvsjorge

BFN ... Round 2 next month

northernkhaleesi

And I'm out. Next month will be our month. Everyone's month!

I predict lots of summer babies coming our way.

WinoGrrl

Well, took a test Sat/Sun (we had a party) both BFN. Temp is still fairly high, not peak but not near coverline either. FF says AF will start tomorrow (which will be the longest cycle I've had in YEARS) so I guess I'll test tomorrow or Wednesday (if I can manage waiting) unless AF does show up. 

Anyone else still hanging on? @tmorash @siennamom anyone else?

tmorash

@WinoGrrl Still hanging in there! I'm 8dpo but AF is likely due by 11dpo at the latest (based on the usual length of my cycles)...so the question is whether to test before AF is set to arrive, or try to hold out and hope she's late. It's a tough call!

I had a very fitful sleep last night - woke up to temp this morning with my heart pounding (and my temp dropped, but only by 0.1 celsius). I don't really have any sympoms to speak of - nothing outside the realm of general PMS anyway (slightly tender breasts, crying at only moderately sad things like TV commercials, etc.). I haven't told anyone in my life that I'm TTC, and I'm trying to keep the details of my cycle a bit of a mystery to my BF, to avoid the pressure to perform during the FW. So keeping it all inside is a contributing factor to my anxiety I think.

So, trying to decide whether to test tomrrow or maybe Wednesday. Will I be more or less disappointed in the case of a BFN, or if I just wait for AF to appear? Clearly, patience isn't my strong suit.

 

WinoGrrl

It's so hard to wait!! I've been having all the PMS symptoms too and am steeling myself for AF to show up. I just hate not knowing for sure and then having to wait.  

WinoGrrl

And I think I'm out. Just got a bit of spotting. boo

Hopefully my temping will be better this time around and I'll have a clearer chart!

tmorash

Boo, @WinoGrrl‌. Sorry to hear. Have a nice generous glass of wine and put your feet up for the evening.

smd1225

Still waiting.....AF due thur/Friday and still praying she does not come...don't really have any unusual symptoms though

tmorash

Well, as you can see from my chart, I had a pretty big temperature drop this morning. I did have to temp at 6:00am instead of 7:00am so I could get up and go for a run before work, but blaming it on that is really just grasping at straws.

Some small part of me is hoping it's an implantation dip, but I pretty much know that's just wishful thinking; I expect AF to arrive later today or tomorrow.

I would be lying if I said I wasn't heartbroken. I have so much respect for the ladies here who've been steadfastly trying for many cycles. Trying to channel my disappointment into renewed enthusiasm somehow...but it's not really working. I'm just thinking about how we have another month of BF's new-found performance anxiety to tackle, and we'll be lucky if we get any BDing done in the FW, the way things are going.

Ok - I'm going to try to shake it off somehow! Another cycle, another opportunity for babymaking!

WinoGrrl

@tmorash hugs! I know that this last month I kind of overwhelmed DH with information and "scheduling" which ended up having the opposite effect I was hoping for - next month I'm going to try and lay off the TTC talk during AF / right after and just try and get us naturally (w/o TTC pressure) upping the BDing in general. Hopefully that works!

tmorash

Thanks for the hugs, @WinoGrrl! I hope your approach this cycle results in much enthusiastic BDing! This past cycle I tried my best to keep the details from the BF, although I'm sure he had a sense of things. My libido is pretty healthy anyway, but during the FW he must have noticed!

Our first cycle trying it was just when he knew we were in the FW that it was an issue. This second cycle, when I purposely held off any discussion of TTC, it's been a problem the whole time on and off, even when we were well beyond our FW (which I told him about after it was over in an attempt to ease any pressure).

So, nothing to do but wait and see how it goes this time. I'm trying to not let my worry and disappointment show because I know how hard it is on him too -- he's never had to deal with this issue before and he wants a baby every bit as much as I do, so it's just super tough for both of us.